February 2, 2018 India, Iran, Iran Press
Rouhani’s visit is scheduled to take place after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from another trip to West Asia, including Palestine, the UAE and Oman. India and Iran have started development of Chahbahar port, giving Afghanistan a route to the sea bypassing Pakistan. On Dec. 25, Rouhani signed into force …
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February 2, 2018 Eurasia, Iran, Iran Press
In the meeting, held on the sidelines of the Syria peace congress, Iranian foreign minister’s special assistant for political affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari and China’s special envoy to Syria Xie Xiaoyuan reviewed the most recent developments in Syria and explored ways to establish peace in the country, according to ILNA.
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February 2, 2018 Iran, Iran Press
Iran has a scenario for the US’ quitting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said the spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission…The Iranian lawmaker also said that Trump should know that Iran will not make the same mistake it made before the 1979 Islamic …
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February 2, 2018 Eurasia, Iran, Iran News, Iran Press
An Iranian nuclear official says a team of Russian specialists will visit the Fordow enrichment facility on Sunday as part of a project on stable isotopes. Behrouz Kamalvandi, who is the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Thursday that Tehran and Moscow reached a deal …
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February 1, 2018 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom have condemned in the strongest terms Benghazi twin car bomb explosions, describing them as “horrific terrorist attacks.” In a joint statement by their ambassadors and chargés d’affaires on Thursday, the four countries said they will continue their efforts with their international partners …
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February 1, 2018 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
Libyan eastern-based army air force on Saturday attacked terrorist sites in the eastern city of Derna. “The air force targeted sites and observatories of terrorist groups in Bukhtal farms in southern Derna.” Media office of the Libyan army’s Omar al-Mukhtar unit said in a statement.
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February 1, 2018 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Khartoum, Steven Koutsis, on Tuesday has stressed his country’s support for peace efforts in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. The U.S. diplomat discussed with Sudan’s Presidential Assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid ways to enhance peace and stability in the country ahead of a new round …
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February 1, 2018 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Algeria will never send troops to neighboring countries such as Libya and Mali to help fight terrorism, Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel said Monday. “Algeria will never get involved in military conflicts beyond its border, and everyone knows this,” Messahel told the Algerian Channel III radio.
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February 1, 2018 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
French President Emmanuel Macron, who has made numerous trips to Africa, is in Tunisia for two days to further boost the close partnership between France and the North African country, a budding democracy struggling economically while contending with Islamic extremists. It is Macron’s first state visit — the highest-level trip …
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February 1, 2018 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
The Algerian army has killed a senior official of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in an operation in the northeast of the country, officials said on Wednesday. Adel Seghiri – also known as Abu Ruwaha al-Qasantini – was among those running the group’s Al-Andalus media wing responsible for putting out …
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